Thanks Nicole! Working with people like Maurice, Rishad, Kris, and Alex definitely inspired me to try harder to make an impression with photos, but people like you have inspired me to work harder on making my blog into something that people can enjoy!

Darn!! I missed you while you were in Toronto!! That’s where I live! I work right downtown, within walking distance of many of your photos.
I’ve been following your blog and videos for 18 months now, and so kicking myself that I missed an opportunity to meet you in person (always figured I’d have to go to Japan!).
LOL, anyway, I loved your overview of Toronto, you captured many of my favourite elements…. Also, I lived in Kensington Market for a few years, too.
Love your posts!

Thank you so much! For the best information on where I am ~in the moment~, I recommend following my twitter account (although I tend to tweet about a lot of other mundane things as well. So follow at your own discretion, teehee.) Instagram is a good indicator of location as well! (Both use my username: Ciaela.)

I commented your blog for the first time .
I live in saitama and go to prep school everyday .
Your blogs and photos are amazing !!!
I want to become photographer someday ,
your photos feel me very happy (^’^)
For now , i sometimes comment your blog .
welcome back to Japan , Mikaera . （●＾o＾●）

Darn, I live in North York and would have loved to help show you around. I have been to Japan and love the culture; I honestly feel I lived there in one of my previous births! Now, having said that, I do know a few cool places to visit in Toronto owing to my love of photography. I travel worldwide extensively, typically 3-4 months a year so I’ve seen a thing or two, however Toronto is where I feel most comfortable.

I remember reading that you were coming across Canada so I was expecting you would have set up some sort of meetup like last year. Please make a plan to return soon.🙂

Michaela,
Your new blog style is good!
I think Tront is really nice city. I went there for my visa renewal before and would go again for my visa renewal by next FEB.
When I visited there, I enjoyed not only viewing but also many good food.
Especially Chinese cuisine taste is amaging compare with US.
Now I live in Michigan. I like Canada more than US.
In Canada, you use metric weights and meaures. Here in US we use English.
Metric is much familier with Japanese such as deg C in tenperature, km/h in speed, m in length, g in weight and ect.
I hope you will enjoy the rest of stay in Canada and trip back to Japan safely!
ミカエラさん、
新しいブログのスタイル良いですね！
トロントは本当に素晴らしい街ですね。私も以前にビザ更新で行ったことがありますよ。また、来年の2月までに次のビザ更新で行く予定です。
トロントは景色も素晴らしいですが、それだけでなく食事も美味しいですね。
特に中華はアメリカに比べて考えられないほど美味しいです。
今、アメリカのミシガン州に住んでいるんですが、個人的にはカナダの方が好きです。
カナダは度量衡がメートル法なので日本人にはなじみやすい環境です。ここアメリカはフィートポンド法なのでチョット・・・
カナダだと温度は℃、速度はキロ、長さはメートル、重さはグラムなどなど日本人には分りやすいですね。
残されたカナダの滞在を満喫してくださいね。そして、無事に日本に戻られることをお祈りします。

The last sentence that I wrote in Japanese is strange…. lol
It is translated word to word from English.
Most usual way to say in Japanese is ”気をつけてお帰りください”.
読み返して見ると、最後の文が日本語としては変でした･･･ (笑)
英語から直訳しちゃった。
普通の日本語表現だと”気をつけてお帰りください”だよね。

Your blog about Toronto reminds me my days there! I came back to Tokyo 3months ago after spending a year in Toronto. It’s not too busy, and people there seem to enjoy their life. I don’t hate Tokyo, but I feel like Toronto is for me like you. I’m really glad you gave the chance to have Japanese know about Toronto! Since not many Japanese even have heard the name of the city “Toronto”.
And I enjoyed the other videos of your trip! Via rail was so comfortable to me too like Shinkansen.
これからも応援してます！

I’m sorry I’ve never commented, but as a fellow Canadian living in Japan (6 years now!), I’ve watched your videos many times on youtube, but this is the first time I’m checking out your blog.

Great spot you did on Canada and VIA Rail! I used to commute from Guelph to Toronto everyday on VIA Rail, so it has a soft spot in my heart as well. One time, I even took it all the way east to Halifax, so I can appreciate your Vancouver to Toronto experience. Canada is so frickin’ big, eh?

BTW, were you in a commercial here in Japan recently? I was so shocked to hear English spoken so well and so quickly, I forgot what the commercial was selling, but you were in a car and said you were Canadian at one point… ???

Anyway, congrats on all your successes! And maybe, just maybe, we’ll both return to Canada one day and bump into each other in Toronto… ha ha!